“Dang—dang—dang—dang”

At the third update, the bell from the watchtower on the southeast of the Gongyuan of the Great Zhou Dynasty came into the simple house, awakening Wei Chen, who had been sleeping for a short time.

Wei Chen opened his eyes with some difficulty, his mind was still drowsy, and the short two hours of sleep was not enough to supplement the energy he had consumed these days.

Getting up from the couch, Wei Chen rubbed his somewhat sore temple, looked around the scene in the room, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

A portrait of the Supreme Master, a hard couch, a table of utensils, and a clean bucket. This is all the houses in the hut where Wei Chen is located, and there is nothing else.

The doors and windows of the house were nailed to death, and only one pane could be opened to deliver some food and other things.

Through the pane, you can also see the scene in the yard outside. There are soldiers from the Imperial City Division everywhere, with three steps, one whistle and one post, and the guards are extremely strict.

This is the treatment of the chief examiner of the dignified examination.

On the day he was appointed as the chief examiner of the examination, Wei Chen was taken to the Grand Zhou Gongyuan by the soldiers of the Imperial City Department, and then stayed in it.

Until the results were released, Wei Chen had to stay here. He could neither go home nor meet relatives and friends or interact with ministers outside the tribute court to prevent fraud in the imperial examinations such as leaking questions and asking for entrustment.

Although Wei Chen understood the necessity of locking the courtyard in the morning, no matter what, he was locked in the courtyard and was not allowed to go out for half a month. Every move was closely monitored, and it was inconvenient to do anything. This kind of life still made Wei Chen feel quite annoyed.

Fortunately, today is the ninth day of the second month, and the day of the examination is finally not far from the day of liberation.

After a simple washing, Wei Chen was dressed neatly and stepped out of the house and came to the court.

When they arrived in the court, the examiners had almost arrived. Deputy Chief Examiner Ding Siquan and the examiners sat upright in the classroom.

Seeing Wei Chen coming, everyone immediately stood up and bowed to the examiner.

The examiner bowed twice, and Wei Chen replied and bowed one by one. Then the deputy examiner Ding Siquan invited Wei Chen to the seat and sat down. He sat at Wei Chen's lower head, and the examiner also sat down.

In this examination, the examiners selected from the Beijing officials, first discussing subjects, then conducting character, and then knowledge. A total of eighteen people were selected.

Among the eighteen examiners, there were three censors of the Censorate and three officials of the Six Division. Due to the advantages of the degree, twelve Hanlin officials were selected as examiners, including Li Zuochang, Sheng Changbai, Chen Shao and others.

However, the court is a solemn place. In such an occasion, even if you make friends, you don’t have much to talk to each other. You just nodded and greeted each other. Then you drank tea and sat silently, waiting for the auspicious time to arrive.

It was not until the fourth day that three cannons were heard outside the Longmen of the Gongyuan Courtyard. The candidates began to enter the venue. Wei Chen and the examiners slowly stood up and came to Mingyuan Building, located in the center of the examination room south of Zhigongtang.

Mingyuan Tower is three stories high, which is the commanding height of the entire Gongyuan. It is specially used for inspection and invigilance. Standing upstairs, you can overlook the entire examination room, and you can see the candidates' every move.

Accompanied by his fellow examiners, Wei Chen climbed up to the third floor of Mingyuan Tower and leaned against the railing to look down, but saw the candidates carrying the exam baskets and being searched one by one in the corridor between the gantry and the ritual gate.

The prosecutors took the roster to check the candidates' names, hometowns, ages, and appearances one by one, and the soldiers searched the candidates' bodies.

These candidates can come here at least to be a juren, but the sergeant inquiry was rude to them. When the sergeant was searching, the hairline was poor, and the knees were swollen, and there was nothing missing.

If Wei Chen had the first time participating in the county examination, he would have frowned unhappily when he saw this insulting scene.

But Wei Chen has been through the exam this way and has experienced too many searches, so his mentality has long been calm.

Besides, as the chief examiner of the society, he naturally understands that this is not a time of kindness. If he lets go of some lucky people, it will be a great injustice for the candidates who abide by the rules.

Wei Chen was afraid that the prosecutors would save face for these juren and did not search carefully enough, so he specially called Gu Wan, the head of the Imperial City Director who was responsible for the search, and repeatedly told him to search carefully. He would rather let the candidates enter the venue later than to make any perfunctory things about the search.

Gu Wan immediately took the order and ordered his subordinates to strengthen the search and search again. He also searched the hundred people who had searched before, and found two fish that had missed the net.

"I've been shackled, deprived of my qualification for the examination, and dragged it outside the tribute court to show my presence!"

After Wei Chen announced the fate of the two cheaters, he glanced at Gu Wan who came to report, and his eyes showed some dissatisfaction.

After making a mistake in his job, he was caught by his boss immediately. Gu Wan felt a little worried, and he was not good at experiencing Wei Chen, so he could only hold back his evil spirits and vent his anger at the candidates below.

Now the candidates behind were in trouble. They were ravaged by Gu Wan and the soldiers of the Imperial City Division, all of them were disheveled and their clothes were disheveled, as if they had just returned from somewhere to escape from.

Wei Chen still stood on Mingyuan Tower with his hands in his arms, staring at the search below with a cold expression.

The deputy examiner Ding Siquan and the fellow examiners beside him were filled with emotion when they saw Wei Chen's attitude of being arrogant and powerful.

The 20-year-old chief exam exam!

If it were someone else, I'm afraid the scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty would have been in a rebellious situation.

But this person is Wei Chen.

That's another matter.

Wei Chen is indeed not very old, but as far as the imperial examination is concerned, few people can match his qualifications.

Who made Wei Chen not only pass the top scorer at the age of fifteen, but also pass the sixth grade that is unprecedented?

After Wei Chen passed the sixth year of the year, he was already a legend in the hearts of scholars and was worshipped by scholars all over the world.

Moreover, as Wei Chen's "Tanwenlu" gradually spread over the years, benefiting thousands of candidates around the world, Wei Chen's reputation has been pushed to another peak.

With these premises, Wei Chen was the main examination of this exam, which was considered a matter of what everyone expected, but as for age, it became a secondary factor.

Deputy Chief Clerk Ding Siquan is two years older than Wei Chen, but what's the use? He can still be below Wei Chen.

To be honest, Ding Siquan was still a little jealous of Wei Chen. After all, when Wei Chen was the first to be a lecturer, his seat in the Hanlin Academy was still below Ding Siquan.

Now, Ding Siquan is the deputy chief examiner of the imperial examination, but Wei Chen is the chief examiner. The gap between the previous and subsequent situations inevitably makes Ding Siquan feel a little disappointed.

However, this little emotion suddenly became insignificant once compared to the benefits that the young master Wei in front of him could get.

Now that the new king has been ascended the throne for nearly a year, the conflict between Zhao Zongquan and Empress Dowager Cao has become increasingly prominent. The dispute between emperors and empresses in the court has almost reached an unconcealed level. However, Wei Chen's chief examiner can be jointly recognized by the emperor and the empress dowager, which shows how stable Wei Chen's position in the court is.
Chapter completed!